January 28, 2008
UPDATE: Borgata's Water Club
The new Borgata cometh. Mark down "peak summer season" on your Borgata Babes calendar (that's Stefania through Anna, by our estimates) -- somewhere in that span of time is when...
Jack Mathews Retiring
Congratulations to Jack Mathews of the Daily News, who's retiring at the end of February after 30 years on the movie beat. Jack's a savvy journalist and a great guy...
London trip helping now
By PAUL SCHWARTZCHANDLER, Ariz. -- In late October, the Giants concluded their historic trip to London with a difficult 13-10 victory over the Dolphins, and Shaun O'Hara made an interesting...
NIXZMARY TRIAL HALTED OVER MYSTERY WITNESS
The mysterious delays that have pushed back the sensational murder trial of the monster step-dad charged with beating to death little Nixzmary Brown were caused by concerns over the physical...
GIANTS BACKED BY 3-1 MARGIN OVER PATRIOTS BY VEGAS BETTORS
A Big Blue victory would be a big blow to Vegas casinos. Bettors are supporting the Giants in Sunday's Super Bowl by a 3-to-1 margin, according to Jason McCormick, director...
Scene
At the Winter Antiques Show Young Collectors' Night, Tijana Perovic wears a grey wool off-the-shoulder dress by Serbian designer Dragana Ognjenovic and carries a bag by Cammie Hill. "Dragana is...
Moss restraining order extended
APA temporary restraining order against Randy Moss was extended until March 28 while the Patriots wide receiver was in Arizona today preparing for the Super Bowl against the Giants.Mossâ lawyer,...
Knoblauch agrees to talk
Former Yankees second baseman Chuck Knoblauch agreed today to talk to a House committee investigating drug use in baseball, and the session was postponed until later this week.READ THE STORY
Clemens issues own report
Roger Clemens' agent released an 18,000-word statistical report today to refute allegations that the pitcher's career rebounded around the time period he was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.READ THE STORYREAD...
Cone back, on YES Network
By JOEL SHERMANDavid Cone has made peace with the Yankees and will return this year to broadcast about 50 games on YES, The Post has learned.A key pitcher and leader...
Johan Santana roundup
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the Twins' four-year contract extension offer made some time ago to pitcher Johan Santana still is on the table. The offer, which includes Santana's current...
Johan Santana roundup
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the Twins' four-year contract extension offer made some time ago to pitcher Johan Santana still is on the table. The offer, which includes Santana's current...
Roundup of Santana news
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the Twins' four-year contract extension offer made some time ago to pitcher Johan Santana still is on the table. The offer, which includes Santana's current...
Clemens issues own report
Roger Clemens' agent released an 18,000-word statistical report today to refute allegations that the pitcher's career rebounded around the time period he was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.READ THE STORYREAD...
Knoblauch agrees to talk
Former Yankees second baseman Chuck Knoblauch agreed today to talk to a House committee investigating drug use in baseball, and the session was postponed until later this week.READ THE STORY
Cone back, on YES Network
By JOEL SHERMANDavid Cone has made peace with the Yankees and will return this year to broadcast about 50 games on YES, The Post has learned.A key pitcher and leader...
Cone back, on YES Network
By JOEL SHERMANDavid Cone has made peace with the Yankees and will return this year to broadcast about 50 games on YES, The Post has learned.A key pitcher and leader...
Recap: Rock of Love 2, Episode 3
This weekâs installment of Rock of Love seriously tests my gag reflex. Iâll get to that in a bit. Suffice to say tonight VH-1 is serving up amputee baby dolls,...
Starr Report: Fickle finger of fate
Randy Jackson doesn't mince any words when it comes to former "American Idol" contestants whose albums have tanked following their initial success on the show. "Once you graduate high school...
DAVID CONE TO RETURN TO YANKEES IN YES BOOTH
David Cone has made peace with the Yankees and will return this year to broadcast about 50 games on YES, The Post has learned. A key pitcher and leader on...
Del Toro Tapped for 'The Hobbit'
Guillermo del Toro is in talks to helm the Peter Jackson produced version of "The Hobbit,'' the Hollywood Reporter reports. Good choice.
HUDSON PARK LOVERS APPLY PIER PRESSURE
With the prospect of a performing-arts megacenter on the horizon for Pier 40, several hundred Greenwich Village residents descended on the aging cargo terminal yesterday for a rally to stave...
STEAM WHISTLES
In the three years before July's fatal Midtown steam explosion, Con Ed had complained to the city four times about leaky underground water and drainage pipes partly blamed for the...
SEEKING A METROCARD SUCCESSOR
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning for life after MetroCards - seeking bids on "a study of existing and new technologies and [recommendations for] a new/fare toll payment system," according...
MTA OVERHAUL
The MTA will announce a plan today to consolidate operations between its various agencies - and save $40 million annually. The plan includes cutting roughly 40 percent of the full-time...
GOV-PANEL 'INTEGRITY' CHALLENGED
ALBANY - Four good-government groups want the state Public Integrity Commission to stop accepting free legal work from registered lobbyists under its regulation. The Post recently reported that Gov. Spitzer's...
IMETTE JUDGE IS 'BOUNCED'
For more than a year, lawyers for Darryl Littlejohn, the beefy bouncer accused in the horrific murder of criminal-justice grad student Imette St. Guillen, begged the trial judge to step...
DIAL-AND-ERROR CALLS TO OLSEN
The masseuse who found actor Heath Ledger's body was so intent on contacting Mary-Kate Olsen before phoning authorities that she kept trying to call her even after initially failing to...
MENTAL ERRORS
Federal officials cut off funds to the troubled Manhattan Psychiatric Center after investigators found instances of rape, improper use of restraints, a total lack of therapy for pedophiles and other...
SPECIAL NEEDS AT 'CHAOTIC' ARAB MIDDLE SCHOOL
Special-education students at the new Arab-themed Brooklyn middle school have gone nearly five months without receiving any of their state-mandated services, staff members charge. In a twist on a frequent...
CHARGES DUE IN BASE-HAUL
A Long Island Little League coach under investigation for allegedly stealing more than $38,000 from the kids' sports team will be charged as early as today, The Post has learned....
BOMB KOOK'S CACHE
Cops yesterday revealed the chilling arsenal of pipe bombs allegedly fashioned by a Bulgarian immigrant in Brooklyn Heights - including a Nerf football stuffed with nails and a device designed...
GOOD-HEARTED VICTIM LIVES ON
A 21-year-old man from a well-known Bronx family was killed by an allegedly drunken driver New Year's Day - yet as in life, he has given back in death. The...
BRAVE CLERK HELPS COPS NAB 'THIEF'
A quick-thinking store clerk helped capture a thief sought in a rash of Manhattan robberies by refusing to give him money and then yelling for her co-workers to call cops,...
COURT TROUBLE
Don't fork over money to reserve seats for the Brooklyn Nets just yet. Developer Bruce Ratner is running into trouble securing funding for his controversial $4 billion Atlantic Yards project,...
FAA IS 'ENGINEERING' AIRPORT CHAOS: CHUCK
Dozens of Queens-based federal aviation engineers - who oversee maintenance and safety upgrades at the New York metropolitan area's airports - are being issued one-way tickets to Atlanta as part...
NURSE PURSE TOPS AGAIN
ALBANY - For the second time in three years, the overtime queen of state government is a psychiatric nurse at an upstate hospital who earned nearly twice her salary in...
$URGE IN OT
ALBANY - State government overtime pay jumped 10.1 percent last year - costing taxpayers $481.6 million - even as the number of workers on the state payroll reached its highest...
YANK EYES AFGHAN RUN
America's ambassador to the United Nations is reportedly thinking about a new job - president of Afghanistan. Zalmay Khalilzad, who is Afghan-born, is mulling a bid to replace Hamid Karzai...
GAZA FLOOD NOW TRICKLE
RAFAH, Egypt - Palestinians streamed home through the breaches in Gaza's border with Egypt yesterday as Egyptian authorities choked off supplies to the area and moved to restore control. Egypt...
A HOOFER IN WALDORF BALLROOM
Now this is some enchanted evening. A horse-drawn carriage clip-clops across the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria to herald the 53rd annual Viennese Opera Ball benefit for the humanitarian organization...
E-MUSIC SERVICE HITS 'PLAY'
A revamped online file-sharing service that offers free song downloads and is compatible with iPods made its debut yesterday. Qtrax, a Big Apple-based service that has the blessing of big...
RUDY'S NY-STYLE FLA. FIGHT
COCOA BEACH, Fla. - Surrounded by his old New York cronies, Rudy Giuliani tried to revitalize his flagging campaign in this make-or-break state as opponent John McCain traveled around Florida...
MITT TIES MAC IN NEW POLL
Mitt Romney has caught up to John McCain in Florida with just a couple of days left to campaign before that state holds its GOP primary election, according to a...
OBAMA BACKERS 'STEP' IT UP AT CITY HALL
Hundreds of Barack Obama supporters held a rally on the steps of City Hall yesterday to celebrate his South Carolina primary victory. Waving signs, they chanted, "Yes, we can!" and...
HE'S BIGMOUTH OF THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON - Shoot-from-the-lip Bill Clinton has struck again. A day after Barack Obama's overwhelming victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton in South Carolina, the spotlight was back on the former president...
'ILLEGAL' PROCEDURES
Sure, the New England Patriots have a great defense - but racking up offenses is the team's real talent. Eight members of the unbeaten AFC champs have arrest records -...
'SPARTANS' SLY-HIGH IN WAR WITH 'RAMBO'
Bare-chested young men edged out a bare-chested old man at the box office this weekend, as "Meet the Spartans" and "Rambo" debuted in Hollywood's two top spots. "Spartans," a spoof...
FRENCH 'FRAUD' WAS BURIED COVERING TRACKS
The cunning French trader accused of carrying out one of the biggest banking disasters in history made accurate bets that the market would fall in 2007 - and began creating...
THE FASHION BLUES
Stars had the blues on the red carpet last night at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The color blue was the only consistent theme in a style pa rade that...
'OLD MEN' DO IT BEST
The dark drama "No Country for Old Men" took Best Picture honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night - but a heartfelt dedication to tragic actor Heath Ledger...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A thief mugged a woman in Central Park, swiping her camera and iPod, authorities said yesterday. The unidentified thug ran up behind the 32-year-old woman as she walked south...
DEMOTED SCANDAL FIGURE PROMOTED
TOP aides to Gov. Spitzer have secretly promoted a central figure in the Dirty Tricks Scandal who was demoted last summer after his involvement was revealed, The Post has learned....
GIULIANI'S ARROGANCE HIS TRAGIC FLAW
WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani could have been a contender. Instead, America's Mayor will, in all likelihood, slink out of Florida on Tuesday night having blown all hopes of becoming the...
HUNKY ELI'S A REAL MANNING
I WANT me some Eli. When it comes to men, there is no com petition. Eli Manning is New York's new super stud - an "aw shucks, ma'am" hottie with...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 767; Lucky Sum: 20 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9383; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 481; Lucky Sum: 13; Evening Win-4 Sun.: 2495; Lucky...
... AND HIS FLINCH IN THE CLINCH
Meanwhile, let it not be said that Gov. Spitzer isn't reaching far and wide for ways to find the revenue necessary to support his new budget. His latest scheme -...
SPITZER'S POLITICAL PLAN...
To understand the $124 billion budget Gov. Spitzer presented last week, view it not as a fiscal plan, but rather as a political plan. Because that's what it is. And...
STRAIGHT TALK ON PAKISTAN
'PAKISTAN'S democracy hasn't suffered because of the illiterate but because of the literate, because of abuses by the privileged who went to Oxford and Cambridge. "Ninety percent of Pakistan's politicians...
GRADING TEACHERS
IF you want good teachers in the schools, the first step is obvious: Figure out who they are. And not by relying solely on water-cooler chat and subjective judgments but...
OVER THE LINE
YESTERDAY, I had a vicious anti-Clinton chain e-mail forwarded to me. By a Democrat. The e-mail has circulated for years among the right wing; it outlines a conspiratorial case against...
GIULIANI'S LAST STAND
TOMORROW in Florida, Rudy Giuliani will make what is expected to be his last stand of the '08 race. What went wrong? As an early (2006) believer in his capacity...
INDIAN BUTTS ROB NY STATE
FOR all his concern over the state's tight budget outlook, Gov. Spitzer is squan dering nearly $1 billion a year in lost revenues by letting Indian reservation retailers avoid cigarette...
OBAMA VS. CLINTON: DEMS GET PERSONAL
Kirsten Powers correctly characterizes the level of discourse in the Democratic race as nonstop bickering, but she fails to identify the root cause: Neither of the leading candidates has anything...
DATA DUMP IN WINTER OF DISCONTENT
A weary Wall Street isn't likely to catch a break as one of the wildest Januarys finally comes to a close this week. The problem is February doesn't seem to...
SECRET KICKOFF
Before viewing CareerBuilder's two Super Bowl spots, reporters had to sign a three-page confidentiality agreement promising not to reveal anything aside from the "overall theme" of the ad ahead of...
RED WRITE & BLUE
No matter what stripe, some political junkies like to handicap the horse race while others like to sit back and think grand thoughts. These magazines have something for everyone. Poor...
METRO PLANS PAPER CUTS
Metro International, the London-based freebie newspaper company, said it is firing 27 people at its newspapers in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, after losing more than $10 million during the...
EMI BETS ON DIGITAL CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Holy hit! Sales of Christian and gospel music fell more than 14 percent last year as fans of religious-themed songs proved once again they were just as apt to give...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. No One, Alicia Keys 2. Cyclone, Baby Bash 3. Ayo Technology, 50 Cent 4. Crank Dat, Soulja Boy 5. Apologize, OneRepublic 6. Sweetest Girl, Wyclef Jean...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The market is likely to surge if the Giants beat the Patriots, according to the Super Bowl Stock Theory by sportswriter Leonard Koppett. It says the market goes up if...
27 DRESSES
WHO is the modern New York woman? You have only to watch "Cashmere Mafia" on ABC and, starting Feb. 7, "Lipstick Jungle" on NBC to find out. For better or...
COUCH TOMATO
TO paraphrase the old Levy's Jewish Rye Bread ad, you don't have to be crazy to like "In Treatment," HBO's new series debuting tonight. And you don't have to be...
DIDDY DIDDLES 'BAND' BRAND
'MAKING the Band" has never been harder. The latest season of MTV's "Making the Band 2" is a cross between "The Real World" and "Survivor," says hip-hop impresario Sean "Diddy"...
STARR REPORT
Fickle finger of fate Randy Jackson doesn't mince any words when it comes to former "American Idol" contestants whose al bums have tanked following their initial success on the show....
COUCH TOMATO
TO paraphrase the old Levy's Jewish Rye Bread ad, you don't have to be crazy to like "In Treatment," HBO's new series debuting tonight. And you don't have to be...
27 DRESSES
WHO is the modern New York woman? You have only to watch "Cashmere Mafia" on ABC and, starting Feb. 7, "Lipstick Jungle" on NBC to find out. For better or...
DIDDY DIDDLES 'BAND' BRAND
'MAKING the Band" has never been harder. The latest season of MTV's "Making the Band 2" is a cross between "The Real World" and "Survivor," says hip-hop impresario Sean "Diddy"...
COUCH TOMATO
TO paraphrase the old Levy's Jewish Rye Bread ad, you don't have to be crazy to like "In Treatment," HBO's new series debuting tonight. And you don't have to be...
27 DRESSES
WHO is the modern New York woman? You have only to watch "Cashmere Mafia" on ABC and, starting Feb. 7, "Lipstick Jungle" on NBC to find out. For better or...
DIDDY DIDDLES 'BAND' BRAND
'MAKING the Band" has never been harder. The latest season of MTV's "Making the Band 2" is a cross between "The Real World" and "Survivor," says hip-hop impresario Sean "Diddy"...
STARR REPORT
Fickle finger of fate Randy Jackson doesn't mince any words when it comes to former "American Idol" contestants whose al bums have tanked following their initial success on the show....
SURVIVORS
PEOPLE lose jobs for all kinds of reasons - downsizing, companies relocating, just plain doing lousy work. Then there are those who find themselves jobless because of larger forces that...
SELTZER MAN STILL BRINGS THE BUBBLY
OVER the years, Ronny Beberman has racked up a considerable collection of work-related injuries, including full tears on each rotator cuff, torn knee cartilage, cracked ribs and niggling back complaints....
THE LAST RAIN MAN
IF you want an umbrella repaired, need your bridesmaids carrying parasols in the same fabric as their dresses, or are staging a Broadway show and want umbrellas made to spec,...
HOLDOUT BUTCHER IS 'PRINCE' OF CONEY
Butchering, Jimmy Prince's trade since 1949, is not necessarily a dying art. There are plenty of meat cutters who trim chops for supermarket shelves, and high-end butchers one might call...
MEN OF LETTERS
ONE morning in the middle of last century, Paul Schweitzer's father told him, "Tomorrow, you'll come to work with me." Paul, just off a three-year stint in the Navy, agreed...
SONG OF MYSELF
If there's anything more nerve-wracking for workers than their annual evaluations from supervisors, it's the self-evaluations that are often foisted upon them in the process. With the rise of "360...
DREAM JOB: NATHAN SAWAYA
NATHAN Sawaya got his first set of Legos when he was 5 years old, growing up in a small timber town in Oregon. He began building a Lego city in...
60 SECONDS WITH...JOHN IZZO
For your new book, "The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die," you interviewed more than 200 "wise elders," whom others identified as truly happy. If you had to...
GO TO GREG
Q. Should I apply to jobs I know I don't want at places I would like to work? I'd do so on the off chance that they'd interview me and...
THE SUN - THE STAR OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The Greeks called it Helios. The Romans call it Sol. It's our sun, the great star that's crucial to our survival. That's right. Our sun is actually a star. Not...
SEW SERIOUS
DISCOVERED by Vogue, beloved by Madonna, displayed at the Met. And yet, despite such lofty recognition, Brooklyn-based designers Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra remain, to their great consternation, unknown. Their...
PULSE SALES
CATRIONA MACKECHNIE 400 W. 14th St., at Ninth Avenue; (212) 242-3200 Sale: Jan. 30-Feb. 2. Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Luxe lingerie, loungewear and swimwear from top designers, including Dolce &...
A DREAM COME TRUE
THERE is something monumental about Je rome Robbins' "The Goldberg Variations" - returned after a long absence to the repertory of New York City Ballet last night - and it's...
WAR'S REALITY: WHEN BEING IS BEREAVING
THE characters in Ariel Dorf man's "Widows" are by now, unfortunately, all too familiar. They include a group of poor women in an unnamed, war-torn village whose men have all...
AND SO IT GOES ... BADLY
THE enterprising God light Theatre Company has done sterling work with its imaginative adaptations of "A Clockwork Orange" and "Fahrenheit 451," but its latest sci-fi classic never quite lifts off....
COUCH TOMATO
TO paraphrase the old Levy's Jewish Rye Bread ad, you don't have to be crazy to like "In Treatment," HBO's new series debuting tonight. And you don't have to be...
27 DRESSES
WHO is the modern New York woman? You have only to watch "Cashmere Mafia" on ABC and, starting Feb. 7, "Lipstick Jungle" on NBC to find out. For better or...
DIDDY DIDDLES 'BAND' BRAND
'MAKING the Band" has never been harder. The latest season of MTV's "Making the Band 2" is a cross between "The Real World" and "Survivor," says hip-hop impresario Sean "Diddy"...
STARR REPORT
Fickle finger of fate Randy Jackson doesn't mince any words when it comes to former "American Idol" contestants whose al bums have tanked following their initial success on the show....
THOUGH IT'S NEW ENGLAND'S SHOW, HISTORY PROVES BEST ARE BEATABLE
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - They step inside the door and suddenly it is clear where you are, and what the Giants are really up against in six days. The Patriots don't...
MEET THE REAL ROCKY
ONE can only wonder what a Nike, or a Don King or a Las Vegas resort/casino would have made of Rocky Marciano. Or unsuccessfully tried to make him. Marciano was...
TEAM FOR THE AGES
PHOENIX - Greatest single team ever? No question, say three men highly responsible for three of the NFL's top dynasties. If the Patriots beat the Giants next Sunday, 19-0 will...
NUTS TO SUPE
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - After a wild, historic and sometimes bumpy ride to greatness, finally there is Arizona and the Super Bowl for the Patriots. The Patriots and all of their...
HEALTHY AND IN THE 'ZONA
SCOTTSDALE - Shortly before 7 o'clock local time last night inside a large makeshift interview tent adjacent to the Patriots' team hotel, Tom Brady ended his bizarre, weeklong Garbo-like existence....
TEDY TAKES SUPER JOURNEY
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - There was a time Tedy Bruschi just wanted to "function as a family man again." Never mind trying to play professional football or win another Super Bowl....
STEPHENSON LIFTS LINCOLN
Lance Stephenson outdueled Sylven Landesberg, leading Lincoln to a 81-60 win over Holy Cross last night at the Tom Crotty Classic at Hofstra. Stephenson had 27 points in the win,...
HALL CATCHES FIRE
College basketball may be a mess on this side of the river, but across the Hudson, things are just fine, thank you. Just ask Seton Hall. And after an amazing...
VALENTINES DAY AT BIG A
Aqueduct is hosting a Valentine's Day Celebration Saturday, Feb. 9, in Equestris, with a buffet lunch and rose for ladies at $35 per person. Might be the last chance to...
SPORTS SHORTS
FOOTBALL: Mike Holovak, 88Mike Holovak, a longtime NFL executive who coached the Patriots to their first championship game, died yesterday in Ruskin, Fla. He was 88. He also coached and...
APPLE OF THEIR EYE
PHOENIX - They have come from every corner of the country, and they have adopted New York and now New York has adopted them. From a distance, most of these...
STEVE: WONDER-BOY
PHOENIX - Stop me if you've heard this story before: The defensive coordinator of a surprise Super Bowl entry must somehow come up with a game-plan to stop an explosive...
BIG BLUE'S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SUPER BOWL WEEK
PHOENIX - From the moment their charter flight touches down here this afternoon, the Giants will be on the clock. Minutes, hours, days all winding down, drawing ever closer to...
NATE SAYS JINTS GREAT!
Knicks third-year guard Nate Robinson, the 5-foot-7½ former NBA SlamDunk champion, played cornerback for the University of Washington for one season and won a state football championship with Seattle's Rainier...
SPAGS IS D-COACH DU JOUR
PHOENIX - The outcome of Super Bowl XLII could have a bearing on the identity of the next head coach of the Redskins. The Giants are determined to win, but...
VRABEL: GIANTS ARE 'UNDEFEATED'
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - As far a Mike Vrabel is concerned, the Patriots aren't the only unbeaten team playing in Super Bowl XLII. "To me the Giants are just as undefeated...
MATCHUP OF THE DAY
The bruising Jacobs and speedy Bradshaw have been dubbed the Giants' version of "Thunder & Lightning," but you can't leave Bruschi and Seau out of the nickname party. Think "Bruise...
ANOTHER DEOSSIE ON A SUPER TRIP
PHOENIX - Giants players flocked to Michael Strahan and Amani Toomer for any advice they could uncover about what it's like to go to a Super Bowl, play in a...
IT'S FOOL'S GOLD
OAKLAND - After disappearing in the fourth quarter of last night's 106-104 loss to the Warriors, Eddy Curry called out his teammates saying they have to get him more involved...
NELLIE, NOT ISIAH, WANTS WEBBER
OAKLAND - Isiah Thomas always has professed a tight bond with Chris Webber back to their Detroit days. But it will be Don Nelson, who openly feuded with Webber at...
REPORT: SANTANA TRADE IMMINENT; METS HAVE EDGE
The end could finally be near in the Johan Santana sweepstakes. And the winner is . . . according to a report yesterday in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the...
SKID REACHES 9 AS NETS FAIL TO CLOSE
MINNEAPOLIS - Not even playing the worst team in the NBA could provide a cure for the reeling Nets, who right now probably would be ranked fourth in the Ivy...
TRADE TALKS NOT JUST KIDD'S PLAY
MINNEAPOLIS - Deal or no deal. Flip a coin. The Nets have been listening to and gauging offers for Jason Kidd - actually for everybody on the roster - for...
Liveblogging the SAG Awards: Yeah, it's 'No Country'
Surprise, surprise, SAG gives its ensemble award -- the rough equivalent to best picture -- to "No Country for Old Men,'' the only one of its five nominees that actually...
Liveblogging the SAG Awards: Julie Christie Fails Her Audition
Julie Christie wins for Best Actress and admits a flack "pushed me up onto this stage.'' She's not comfortable there, obviously reading an acceptance script not of her own composing,...
Liveblogging the SAG Awards: D-Day, Of Course!
To no one's surprise, Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor for "No Country for Old Men.'' Like Bardem, he praises his fellow nominees (including George Clooney, not present) and ups the...
Liveblogging the SAG Awards: Ruby Dee for Supporting Actress!
In a genuine surprise, Ruby Dee of "American Gangster'' beats Academy darling (and double SAG and Oscar nominee) Cate Blanchett as well as Amy Ryan, who have split pretty much...
WEAPONS OF HATE
Cops revealed today the chilling arsenal of pipe bombs allegedly fashioned by a Bulgarian immigrant in Brooklyn Heights - including a Nerf football stuffed with nails and a device designed...
10-MINUTE STALL BEFORE 911 CALL
and - The masseuse who found actor Heath Ledger's body was so intent on contacting Mary-Kate Olsen before phoning authorities that she kept trying to call her even after failing...
WILD BILL CLINTON STRIKES AGAIN
WASHINGTON - Shoot-from-the-lip Bill Clinton has struck again. A day after Barack Obama's overwhelming victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton in South Carolina, the spotlight was back on the former president...
Liveblogging the SAG Awards: From Mickey Rooney to Heath Ledger
The remaining four theatrical movie awards are finally in sight after honors for TV movie. Mickey Rooney, who's even older than Charles Durning (and a charter member of SAG) jokes...
Liveblogging the SAG Awards: Durning Tribute
Really nice selection of clips of a really terrific actor. Who knew Charles Durning, recipient of a lifetime achievement award, plays Denis Leary's dad on "Rescue Me.'' And more, importantly,...
Liveblogging the SAG Awards: More TV Stuff
Winner Tina Fey finally mentions the writer's strike. An absent Alec Baldwin wins another comedy award for "30 Rock.'' Think we see a pattern here. Nope, the ensemble award goes...
Liveblogging the Screen Actors Guild Awards: Javier Aces Supporting Actor
Finally, a movie award. Marion Cotillard presents the supporting actor award to Javier Bardem for "No Country for Old Men.'' As he did at the Critics Choice Award, Bardem is...
Liveblogging the Screen Actors Guild Awards: 5 Movie Awards Over 2 Hours
Steve Carrell calls it "the most exciting exciting and glamorous evening in the history of the world.'' Well, it may be the only major movie awards telecast of the season...